Grain-drier and storage-bin.



W. 1E. WHWEONIB.

GPAIN URHR AND STGRAGE BN.

Awucnmw FILED umani, 1918.

rented Nov. 5, 1918.

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`Ii-MAIIII-DRIRE, AND STORAGE-BIN.

IFLIAUIWI,

tpeeieation of Letters Patent.

application led .Tune 1I, mit. Serial No. 239,495.

To all fwwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALDo E. WHrrooMB, a citizen of the IInited States, residing at Winnebago, in the county of Thurston and State of Nebraska, have` invented certain `new and useful Improvements in Grainor small grain or unshelled corn may be conveniently received and delivered and may be effectively and conveniently agitated to cause substantially uniform `exposure to the air so that all excess moisture will be removed.

'Ihe invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as described herein and claimed, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein,-

Figure I is a view of a grain drier and storage bin in side elevation embodying my invention, the same being'mounted upon a track. Fig. 2 is a view of the bin in longitudinal section, the `mounting being upon a frame, for manual rotation. Fig. 3 is a view of the bin in transversefsection. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail relating to Fig. 3.

Referring now to the drawing for a more particular` description, the invention broadly consists of a cylindrical container 5 provided with a foraminous jacket 6 hav ing an aperture 7, best shown in Fig. I, for receiving or removing the grain, a cover or lid 8 for the aperture, and means for revolving the container. j j

'Ihe interstices for the jacket 6 may be j comparatively large if unshelled corn is to be stored and dried, and may have any degree of tineness required as a holder for shelledcorn or any kind of small ain. 'Ihe device therefore is substantially of tank `or barrel shape, and may be conveniently rolled or rotated. In Fig. 2 a frame 9 is shown t0 provide bearings for a shaft I0 upon which the container is mounted so that, by use of a crank 1I a rotatlon may be conveniently edeoted, In Figs.i I and 3 a track `12 and suitable cross-supports I3 are shown `and the containers may be rolled on said track. However while these mountings for the containers have been found to be of advantage, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to these details, the important features being that the cylindrical tanks be disposed horizontally for rotation, and that they be provided with a foraminous jacket and that the parts shallbe so arranged that the jacket will be free from the ground or other obstruction to permit ekposure of the grain to the air, means being provided to prevent sagging of the forami nous jacket.

In operation, the container may be partly rotated until the aperture 7 is disposed at its uppermost part; the grain is then placed to partly or nearly till the container, and it is obvious that if the latter is rotated or partly rotated, the grain will be shifted and ratentea una a, inra.

its position so changed that the air willlr have access thereto for causing a desired vevaporation of the moisture.

rIhe use of the device is particularly of advantage for the storage of corn which has been gathered during wet weather or before it has become hardened on the ear, and known as soft cornj; also for the temporary storage of wheat or other small grain to prevent the objectionable effects of moisture, and for the treatment of all kinds of j grain intended to be used for seed or replanting.`

For convenient removal of the contents, it is apparent that the lid may be removed while disposed at the lowermost part of the` container, the latter being suitably rotated for this purpose, as may be required.

- In order that the vforaminous jacket of the container will be practically unobstructed at all times and that sagging will be prevented and that manufacture of the device will be practical and convenient, a pair of comparatively thin disks 14 are employed, each beine' provided, on its inner side with a reinforcing rim 15, the inner side of each rim having a circular ledge 16 upon which wirecloth, wire mesh or other element constituting a rectangular foraminous sheet or jacket 6 may be secured. i

Numerals 17 and 17 indicate a plurality of normally rectilinear tubes of uniform length-fdisposedioutwardlyvof the jacket 6 at uniform radial distances, and uniformly spaced apart, their ends being mounted in apertures 18 (Fig, 2) which are formed in the disks 14 and rims 15', and by means of rods 19, which traverse the-tubes, the-disks 14 may be pressed toward each other, said rodsbeingfprovided attheir ends with keepers 20`th'readed thereon, the tubes preferably being provided with-collars :2li to limit or resist an inward movement of the disks.

`The containers may have any suitable Wlengthordiameter, and Ato prevent bending 'or 'saggingoffithe tubes, which otherwise mghtbei; occasioned by the weigh'tof the grain,- cables 22`and` 23- are employed in pairs,- theinendsb'eing mounted uponV the longitudinally. adjustablehooks 24 which are mounted upon 'the'ends' of the container and; supported midway between their ends upon hooksf 25 which are' mounted in' the tubes, suitable apertures being provided for 25 receiving-the' threadedshanks of the hooks,

andfby rotating the keepers'26it is obvious 'th'at"'the' cable lmay-be drawn' to a taut condition to prevent saggingof the'tube's.

Since' the tubes be maintained recti- ,flinear/*byl the means described, the contain- "erjsinayrbe/I read-ilyl rol-ledl or rotated, and

` themovement'or displacement of the'grain, 'within-,the container;willl be practically unlform:V

%" "While-anysuitableframe maybe provided?E forthe foraminousxlid orcover, the lpreferred framerconsists'of a pair of tubes 27Vc'onne'cted` by cross-bars 28, thev latter being-removably secured upon the pair; of

40?; parallel, adjacent :tubes 17' adjacent 'Ito the aperture 7 of the container by means of bolts 29'or other equivalent means.

Aisganiatter"of convenience, the pair of tubesy 27,' asv bestv shown in Fig. 4:, are incised' longitudinally for receiving the terminals ofthe rectangular, foraminous sheet or web 8, vsuitable bolts 30 being used for securing the same, and in like manner, the pair of tubes 17` are incised longitudinally ofonreceiving'the end portions of 'therectangular,foraminous sheet or jacket 6, suitable ,bolts 'hbeingemployed for securing thel ends of'said sheet to. said tubes, said tubes 17., aside-from their incisions, being the "samein all respects and' discharging the same functionsas thefsecondary tubes 17.

Xs-described, the mountingof the jacket Gfisbetween'the tubes 17 'and ledges 16, and

outward pressure occasioned by the grain twill be supported` byl the tubes. The partictubes must sustain a considerable weight for containers of more than ordinary length and diameter, it is necessary to prevent sagging, for otherwise-the grainwill notbeshifted uniformly, and rotation of the container would `beattended with diiiiculty, and therefore the simple and inexpensive means mentioned are f provided to prevent sagging. Also it will be appreciated that the interstices for members 6 and 8 f should be practically unobstructed so that air may circulate properly, and in the present instance the container is supported in such manner that the foraminouswebs(andI 8;" engage the tubes only; andtherefo're evaporization is permitted to advantage. It is considered that manufacture of the'device as' described maybe practicaland economical sincethe parts are few and free from complications.

What Iclaim' as my inventionand'desire to secure by Letters'Patent is,-

1. 1n a4 revolublecontainer, a'- pair of substantially parallel adj acently' disposed disks each' beingr provided withzan annular ledge, substantiallyf parallel. tubes' disposed" adjacent to eachother'vv between and engaging the disksoutwardlyof saidledges,` arectangular, foramino'us'sheetI inwardly of the tubes circumscribing' 'a part ofI each ledge with its 'longitudinahedgessecured to two adjacent tubes to provide an aperture, anda foraminous lid removably' mounted on the tubesrto make'a closurezof' saidaperture;

2. A' revoluble container forth'e purposes described, comprising a pair "of" disks disposedv adjacent to eachother end'itoxend, a pair ofi longitudinally incised,` substantially4 parallel *tubes disposed Y between and in` engagement with said disks near4 the periphe'ries4 thereof, secondary tubes disposed substantially` parallel with the'incised tubes between and also' engaging said disks" near the peripheries"thereof, a rectangular, foraminous sheet disposediinwardly of the secondary tubes withits longitudinal vedges engaged bythe inciseditubesand providing an opening between the lastnamedtubes,

and a foraminouslidremovably 'connected'v with the incisedtubes to makeaclosure'o said opening.

3.' Ina grain drier'andconta'iner, a pair of disks disposed adjacent vto 'eachother rend to end, each'being `providc-id'with a circular ledge, a pair oflongitudinally'incisedsubstantially Aparallel tubes 'disposed outwardly of saidfledges between and in' engagement with said" disks', secondary tubes disposed outwardlyk `of 'said ledges substantially 4parall'ell with the'incised tubesbetweeny and enga ging said'disks, a rectangular, forarninous sheet disposed between the'ledgesf and 'the secondaryV tubeswith itslngitudinal edges engaged :by the 'incisedtubes and providing air opening between' the last" named 4tubes,

e fopanninous li iemovebly connected Wi :h n testimony whereof, I huye emxed my the 1 11c1sed tubes to Ineke a closure of senil Slgnature in presence of two Wltnesses.. openlng, said container being arranged to have revoluble movements to cause move- WALDO E WHITCOMB 5 ments of the grain from one part of the Witnesses:

container to another to facilitate exposure HIRAM A. STURGES,

of the grain to the atmosphere, ARTHUR H. STURoEe.

Copies of thin patent may be obtained. for ve cents each, by addressing the Gommisioner of Iatentn Washington, D, 0."

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